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In Reply to: Is this some kind of joke? posted by Ancaru on January 20, 2004 at 06:45:44:
I don't think it is unreasonable for any exers to question anything about the family amongst themselves. Neither do I see any reason to trust what seems familiar in family tactics. This is no witchhunt or campaign to "get Loves Bridge".
I think that the real problem here is the lack of intergenerational discussion amongst exers which can't happen if one side or the other is fingerpointing and accusing or assuming the worst about the other.
Some FGs left and left early enough to have a family intact or to build a family from one that wasn't intact because they got out when their kids were young enough.
For others this is not the case. The separations and the being raised by "uncles and aunties" was the design of the top leadership of the family, and as with so many other doctrines, not the innate desire of the majority of the members.
btw, not all FG were even still in the family when "uncles and aunties" were so-called. Those that were and are now out categorically seem to despise not only what happened to them but what they believed and participated in as a result of the leadership of the family and believing, after systematic breaking down and re-programming, that it would be going against God to question, or to feel bad about something was to be a "weak" Chrisian. Many of us did make it out against the odds. We were once younger than you when we joined. Full of ideals. Also disillusioned. We weren't monsters.
And yes, there are some individuals that were/are predatorial within the family by their own nature. And that goes for any "Generation"
I think perhaps dialogue between generations, other than just to criticise what anyone is questioning could be very helpful.
